Yahaya Bello reacts to EFCC’s allegation of spending Kogi’s $750k on child’s fees

Former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello, has reacted to an allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he used a whooping sum of $750,000 belonging to state to pay his child’s school fees.

The statement titled ‘Payment for school fees: Setting the records straight’ partly reads:“While we reserve our rights to seek redress against the said defamatory statements, permit us to briefly state the following for the purpose of setting the records straight: “His Excellency, Yahaya Bello’s children have attended the American International School, Abuja well before he became Governor and he has paid fees for his children as and when due and without fail.

“Alhaji Yahaya Bello DID NOT pay the fees of his Children with monies from the Coffers of the Kogi State Government. “The Court subsequently mandated AISA to continue to provide the services it had been paid with respect to the fees.

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